Biographical sketch of Dr. A. B. Spruill, "one of the leading physicians of Jackson county." Born in Alabama in 1824 and moving to New Santa Fe, Missouri in 1868 (in southwestern Jackson County) as a farmer...

Biographical sketch of William Larkin Webb, or W. L. Webb, "editor and proprietor of the Independence Progress, Independence, Missouri." Born in Jackson County, Missouri in 1856 and becoming a teacher...

Photo and bio of Milton Payne, a railroad investor and realtor and former mayor of Kansas City. Born in Kentucky in 1829 and coming to Kansas City in 1850 as a dry goods merchant before being elected mayor...

Biographical sketch of Abner Moyer (1821-1878), a farmer and former tanner in Linn County, Missouri. Description of his life and career as a native of Virginia moving to Missouri in 1843 as a teacher,...

Photo and bio of Captain Stephen Carter Ragan, or Stephen Ragan, "appointed deputy county marshal in 1896" and former Missouri state representative from Jackson County. Native of Kentucky reared in Kansas...

Biographical sketch of Dr. William Gordon, a physician and Missouri state representative from Lexington, Missouri, who was born in Kentucky in 1821 and moved to Missouri in 1852, later serving in the Civil...

Biographical sketch of James Limbird, a lawyer born in England in 1843 and emigrating to Missouri in the late 1800s, serving the Union in the Civil War, becoming a Missouri state representative, and moving...

Photo and extensive section of the book about the life of Champ Clark, "orator, statesman, writer, and lawyer" of Bowling Green, Missouri, a campaigner for President of the United States in 1912, and Speaker...

One paragraph of biography about Champ Clark, a lawyer from Kentucky, city attorney of Louisiana, Missouri, and Bowling Green, Missouri, and later Speaker of the House in the Congress of the United States....

One long paragraph of biography about Champ Clark, or James Beauchamp Clark (1850-1921), "a representative from Missouri" and native of Kentucky becoming a city attorney, prosecuting attorney, state and...

Portrait and biographical sketch of Charles Hughes, a judge and former mayor of Richmond, Missouri. He was born in Kentucky in 1822 and moved to Caldwell County, Missouri, as a lawyer, becoming "at different...

Photo and bio of Clement Dickinson, "a member of Congress for many terms from the sixth Congressional district of Missouri, as a state legislator," residing in Clinton, Missouri, and born in Virginia in...